SalsaFest

Performers from the Sol Azteca folk dance group wait in an alley before parading through Centennial Green Park during Salsafest on July 15, 2011. JEFF LAUTENBERGER/Tulsa World

Editor: “I know you’re working early but can you do this 7 p.m. assignment tomorrow? SalsaFest…there’s a chihuahua race and some other stuff.”
Me: “YES PLZ.”

Did I know what a chihuahua race was? No. I don’t even like chihuahuas, I think they’re some of the stupidest, peskiest, brattiest little prick canines in the world. But it sounded fun. I even planned to use a GoPro at chihuahua-level to capture some of the ridiculousness. Unfortunately, the SD card in the camera was somehow corrupted so that effort turned out to be waste. But do check out out the video at the end of the post for a look at part of the race, as well as a cameo by my friend Esten who just happened to be competing in the habanero eating contest.

Julie Grant, a volunteer with Sustainable Tulsa who has worked at the past two Salsafests, uses chalk and water to draw a chihuahua on East 6th St. before the start of the festival on July 15, 2011. In addition to salsa tasting, a pepper eating contest, music and dancing, Salsafest featured a chihuahua race and costume contest. JEFF LAUTENBERGER/Tulsa World

Kate Sheckarski, of Bixby, fills up sample cups of her fresh garden salsa for Salsafest attendees at Centennial Green Park on July 15, 2011. For $5, guests received a bag of chips and cards to sample and vote on more than a dozen salsas. JEFF LAUTENBERGER/Tulsa World

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